Skate Sign
Wood, Metal, Leather, early 19th century
It was customary in the nineteenth century for shops to display signs with over-sized objects — top hats or eye glasses, for example — to display what the store sold for the benefit of f customers who could not read the store's newspaper advertisements. This larger-than-life skate sign (the skate is 5 feet, 2 inches (157 cm) long) features an elegantly curled front blade with an iron ball-point.
Skate Sign
Wood, Metal, Leather, early 19th century
It was customary in the nineteenth century for shops to display signs with over-sized objects — top hats or eye glasses, for example — to display what the store sold for the benefit of f customers who could not read the store's newspaper advertisements. This larger-than-life skate sign (the skate is 5 feet, 2 inches (157 cm) long) features an elegantly curled front blade with an iron ball-point.